Hill Deverill
"HILL-DEVERILL, a parish in the hundred of Heytesbury, county Wilts, 3 miles S. of Warminster, its post town, and 4 S.W. of Heytesbury. The village consists of a few farmhouses. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Sarum, value £76, in the patronage of the prebendary thereof. The church is dedicated to St. Mary. It was rebuilt in 1842 by voluntary contributions. The Duke of Somerset is lord of the manor. General Ludlow was born in this parish."[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]
Hill Deverill is 3 miles S of Warminster. Grid Ref ST868403. Postcode BA12 7EG. Population 129 in 1831. Appears under "Deverill, Hill" in some lists of parishes.
Cemeteries
- Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary, B3095, Church of England
Church Records
- Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary, B3095, Church of England
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Indexes and registers of the parish church of Hill Deverill, Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary:
- WSRO registers: Chr 1661-1981, Mar 1670-1972, Bur 1661-1976
- BTs before surviving registers for 1587-88, 1596-97, 1601-3, 1613, 1618, 1621, 1625-32, 1638-41
- VRI Chr 1648-1906, Mar 1660-1906
Gazetteers
The transcription of the section for Hill Deverill from the National Gazetteer (1868).